How to Active New Widgets

As for some additional widgets, they are not categorized as the core widgets and not be installed in default, such as "subscription" widget. If you would like to active them, please active it manually. Actually it is so easy that follow up the simple steps below:

Navigate to the $yourwebsite/DesktopModules/SunBlog directory. Locate the widgets directory. This is the folder that contains all the widgets for SunBlogNuke.

Inside this directory you should see the folder called "Subscription", which holds 'Subscription' widget. Double click on it into this widget folder.

Copy the manifest file Subscription_install_for_dnn5.x.dnn and paste it into the $yourwebsite/DesktopModules/SunBlog directory.

Until now everything is ready for registering the new widget and you can complete it with ftp clients.

Navigate to Host->Module Definitions page and enter the "Create New Module" panel from the left top action menu.

Configure the options as follows: Create Module From->Manifest; Module Folder->SunBlog; Resource->the manifest file, such as 'Subscription_install_for_dnn5.x.dnn' in this sample

Take a look at the screenshot like that:

Click "Create Module" to install this widget.

That's all. Now you should be able to add this widget into your blog page; event some widgets support to be installed into any other pages.

The process will be enhanced in future and you can complete it in the widgets dashboard with visual interface. Please stay tune. :)

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I have recently purchased SunBlog and recieved version 4.8.0 however, I did not get a directory with the Subscription widget described in this post. My client is very upset that I am not able to get email notifications working for the blog and now I cant install the Subscription widget - it did not come with the installation as said in the instructions above.

As mentioned in the beginning of this post, some additional widgets are not categorized as the core widgets and not be installed in default. So you may have to download it in our widgets page. And we have sent you the subscription widget package via email. Hope it helps.

Regards Baldwin

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